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>Title: RSS chief favours code of conduct based on Hindu philosophy

>Publication: Indian Express

>march 15, 2000

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> NEW DELHI: The new RSS chief KS Sudarshan

> favours a new code of conduct (dharma) based

> on the Hindu philosophy and a "Hindu way of

> development" in India, which is passing

> through a "transitional" period. In an

> interview to the RSS mouthpiece 'Organiser',

> he also said India is a "Hindu Rashtra",

> which is based on Dharma, reports PTI.

>

> "Its identity lies in one motherland, one

> sanskriti (culture), common ancestry and

> heritage and unity in diversity. It is these

> three that constitute the national culture.

> The mode of worship can differ from person to

> person," he said. Holding that not only India

> but the whole world was undergoing a radical

> change, Sudarshan said India is passing

> through a transitional period.

>

> "The Sangh grew on the basis of Hindu

> philosophy (chintan). It is now necessary to

> frame a new code of conduct again based on

> the same philosophy. And what should be that

> code?

>

> "Efforts are on in various forums to evolve a

> consensus code. Let there be an endeavour to

> bring forth a Hindu way of development. We

> also have to find out how we can accelerate

> the process," he said.

>

> Recalling RSS founder Hedgewar's dream of a

> Hindu society free from fear and devoid of

> dissensions, Sudarshan said "the Sangh cannot

> be an obstacle in the country becoming

> organised.

>

> "Our opponents do not to this view.

> They seldom think holistically of the

> country, the people, the economy and

> development," he said. The new RSS chief said

> when the first chief of the organgisation

> initiated the Sangh work, people used to

> fight shy of calling themselves Hindu.

>

> "At the end of 1989 the situation had

> undergone a total metamorphosis. A symbol of

> communist philosophy, the Berlin wall, was

> being dismantled brick by brick. At the same

> time India was witnessing the 'shilanyas' at

> Ramjanmabhoomi, which in a sense was a symbol

> of the nation as an edifice. "The incident

> instilled a new found self-confidence in

> Hindus. However, when the new order was

> taking shape, some anti-Hindutva elements had

> ganged up in total disregard of this

> sublimation of society. Of course it is going

> to be the last gasp of those haunted by the

> spectre of defeat."

>

> Claiming that the anti-Hindutva elements had

> already anticipated it and were fighting only

> to lose, Sudarshan said during the term of

> his predecessor Rajendra Singh, pro-Hindutva

> forces had gained strength in every sphere of

> their activity.

>

> He said ABVP, VHP, BMS and Vidya Bharati were

> all independent bodies and their combined

> strength was now quite formidable. "I am

> confident this will grow with greater force

> in the coming days."

>

> Asked why some people were "allergic" to the

> talk of Hindutva by the Sangh when no one

> objected to the "championing" of Hindutva by

> Gandhiji and Swami Vivekananda, Sudarshan

> said "For the the past 50 years we have been

> going along the wrong way. Today, we are in

> the process of changing our track.

>

> "Even the otherwise confused people have come

> to believe in Hindutva. Inspite of all the

> opposition, the Sangh is firmly attached to

> the soil, the basic and the culture of this

> land. ...... There is yet another epic war

> between Hindus and anti-Hindus, a veritable

> Mahabharat in which sometime Abhimunya will

> fall, sometime Ghatotkacha or it may be

> Jayadratha's turn yet another day.

>

> "As prophesised by Vivekananda and Mahatma

> Gandhi, this country's honour is surely going

> to shine forth one day," he said.

>

 

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